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Critical Social Theory and the End of Work examines the development
and sociological significance of the idea that work is being
eliminated through the use of advanced production technology.
Granter's engagement with the work of key American and European
figures such as Marx, Marcuse, Gorz, Habermas and Negri, focuses
his arguments for the abolition of labour as a response to the
current socio-historical changes affecting our work ethic and
consumer ideology. By combining history of ideas with social
theory, this book considers how the 'end of work' thesis has
developed and has been critically implemented in the analysis of
modern society. This book will appeal to scholars of sociology,
history of ideas, social and cultural theory as well as those
working in the fields of critical management and sociology of work.
Critical Social Theory and the End of Work examines the development
and sociological significance of the idea that work is being
eliminated through the use of advanced production technology.
Granter's engagement with the work of key American and European
figures such as Marx, Marcuse, Gorz, Habermas and Negri, focuses
his arguments for the abolition of labour as a response to the
current socio-historical changes affecting our work ethic and
consumer ideology. By combining history of ideas with social
theory, this book considers how the 'end of work' thesis has
developed and has been critically implemented in the analysis of
modern society. This book will appeal to scholars of sociology,
history of ideas, social and cultural theory as well as those
working in the fields of critical management and sociology of work.
Who are NHS middle managers? What do they do, and why and how do
they do it'? This book explores the daily realities of working life
for middle managers in the UK's National Health Service during a
time of radical change and disruption to the entire edifice of
publicly-funded healthcare. It is an empirical critique of the
movement towards a healthcare model based around HMO-type providers
such as Kaiser Permanente and United Health. Although this model is
well-known internationally, many believe it to be financially and
ethically questionable, and often far from 'best practice' when it
comes to patient care. Drawing on immersive ethnographic research
based on four case studies - an Acute Hospital Trust, an Ambulance
Trust, a Mental Health Trust, and a Primary Care Trust - this book
provides an in-depth critical appraisal of the everyday experiences
of a range of managers working in the NHS. It describes exactly
what NHS managers do and explains how their roles are changing and
the types of challenges they face. The analysis explains how many
NHS junior and middle managers are themselves clinicians to some
extent, with hybrid roles as simultaneously nurse and manager,
midwife and manager, or paramedic and manager. While commonly
working in 'back office' functions, NHS middle managers are also
just as likely to be working very close to or actually on the front
lines of patient care. Despite the problems they regularly face
from organizational restructuring, cost control and demands for
accountability, the authors demonstrate that NHS managers - in
their various guises - play critical, yet undervalued,
institutional roles. Depicting the darker sides of organizational
change, this text is a sociological exploration of the daily
struggle for work dignity of a complex, widely denigrated, and
largely misunderstood group of public servants trying to do their
best under extremely trying circumstances. It is essential reading
for academics, students, and practitioners interested in health
management and policy, organisational change, public sector
management, and the NHS more broadly.
Who are NHS middle managers? What do they do, and why and how do
they do it'? This book explores the daily realities of working life
for middle managers in the UK's National Health Service during a
time of radical change and disruption to the entire edifice of
publicly-funded healthcare. It is an empirical critique of the
movement towards a healthcare model based around HMO-type providers
such as Kaiser Permanente and United Health. Although this model is
well-known internationally, many believe it to be financially and
ethically questionable, and often far from 'best practice' when it
comes to patient care. Drawing on immersive ethnographic research
based on four case studies - an Acute Hospital Trust, an Ambulance
Trust, a Mental Health Trust, and a Primary Care Trust - this book
provides an in-depth critical appraisal of the everyday experiences
of a range of managers working in the NHS. It describes exactly
what NHS managers do and explains how their roles are changing and
the types of challenges they face. The analysis explains how many
NHS junior and middle managers are themselves clinicians to some
extent, with hybrid roles as simultaneously nurse and manager,
midwife and manager, or paramedic and manager. While commonly
working in 'back office' functions, NHS middle managers are also
just as likely to be working very close to or actually on the front
lines of patient care. Despite the problems they regularly face
from organizational restructuring, cost control and demands for
accountability, the authors demonstrate that NHS managers - in
their various guises - play critical, yet undervalued,
institutional roles. Depicting the darker sides of organizational
change, this text is a sociological exploration of the daily
struggle for work dignity of a complex, widely denigrated, and
largely misunderstood group of public servants trying to do their
best under extremely trying circumstances. It is essential reading
for academics, students, and practitioners interested in health
management and policy, organisational change, public sector
management, and the NHS more broadly.
'Definitive, critical and engaging, this is a superb introduction
to the sociology of work.' Leo McCann Now in a fully updated third
edition, The Sociology of Work draws on the work of classic and
contemporary theorists, to provide readers with a thorough
exploration of all aspects of work and employment, including paid
and unpaid work, standard and non-standard employment, and
unemployment. The new edition includes: Two new chapters on "Work,
Skill and the Labour Process" and "Managing Culture at Work".
Expanded coverage of the rise and decline of trade unions;
emotional labour, misbehaviour, and resistance at work. Further
discussion of the gig economy and precarious work; automation and
the end of work; globalization and human rights. For Sociology and
Business students, taking modules in work, employment and society.
'Definitive, critical and engaging, this is a superb introduction
to the sociology of work.' Leo McCann Now in a fully updated third
edition, The Sociology of Work draws on the work of classic and
contemporary theorists, to provide readers with a thorough
exploration of all aspects of work and employment, including paid
and unpaid work, standard and non-standard employment, and
unemployment. The new edition includes: Two new chapters on "Work,
Skill and the Labour Process" and "Managing Culture at Work".
Expanded coverage of the rise and decline of trade unions;
emotional labour, misbehaviour, and resistance at work. Further
discussion of the gig economy and precarious work; automation and
the end of work; globalization and human rights. For Sociology and
Business students, taking modules in work, employment and society.
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